The project provided an analysis of the state's housing needs with the main goal of addressing the housing crisis in the Bay State.

Gov. Maura Healey released a “comprehensive housing plan” Thursday morning, outlining strategies to lower costs and build 220,000 new units over the next decade to mitigate the state’s ongoing housing crisis.

The move follows last year’s passage of Healey’s historic, more than $5 billion piece of legislation aimed at addressing the commonwealth’s ongoing housing crisis, a crunch felt harshly in Berkshire County, where limited stock, overwhelming demand, and stagnant wages bar many from finding dwellings.